I did this sketch of an onion one day last week. I was sitting near a west window in late afternoon and there was a very strong shadow when I started sketching.
By the time I had roughed in the shape and had begun to refine the shading, the shadow was gone. So I delved into my memory and this sketch is the result.
I'm finding that I am gradually becoming more observant of light and dark and shape as I practice sketching. Sketching is different from photography.
Often, when I take a photo, I think that I will remember a place or a time or an object just because I pressed down on the silver shutter button. Later, when I look through a batch of images on my computer, I find that I sometimes get to wondering where and when I took a certain image.
Sketching, because it takes time and uses different powers of observation, is supposed to lock images in your head in a different way. I'm sure that I will find out more about this brain-image-memory thing as I continue learning more about wielding a pencil and pen.
Copyright 2012
Wanda Hayes Eichler
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